The NWT Recreation and Parks Association (NWTRPA) and its Board of Directors announce that a full program review of its annual winter walking challenge has been completed in alignment with the NWTRPA’s strategic goals relating to decolonization and reconciliation. The NWTRPA finalized a full report entitled: Walking the Steps of our Ancestors: NWTRPA Walking Challenge. The NWTRPA staff and Board of Directors are starting the implementation of the final report’s recommendations beginning with reverting back to the name “Walk to Tuk”.
Walk to Tuk is an annual community walking challenge. Community members, schools, and workplaces are encouraged to form teams and conceptually walk the distance of the Big River from Zhatíé Kúé/Fort Providence to Tuktuuyaqtuuq/Tuktoyaktuk, a total of 1,658km. This free event is a great way to meet new people and stay active during the cold and dark months of winter. Participants have from January 2 to February 29, 2024, to collectively walk 1,658km and get their team to Tuktuuyaqtuuq.
Registration is open for the Walk to Tuk 2024 from December 1, 2023, to January 15, 2024.
If you’re looking to join a team, you can get in touch with the team captain of the team you’d like to join, or contact us at walktotuk@nwtrpa.org | 1-867-669-8375 | and we can help find a team for you.
• Teams of up to 20 people (or 35 for school teams) are challenged to walk from Zhatíé Kúé to Tuktuuyaqtuuq along the Big River for a total distance of 1,658km.
• Teams have from January 1 to February 29, 2024 to walk as far as they can along the river. They can follow their progress on the Walk to Tuk application and on the interactive Walk to Tuk Map.
• One hour of walking equals 5km for teams of 1 – 10 people.
• One hour of walking equals 4km for teams of 11 – 20 people.
• Every Monday, team captains log into the Walk to Tuk application to make sure their team has been putting in their time and/or kilometres every week on their way up the Big River. In order to be eligible for weekly prizes and team captain prizes.
• Teams must have entered their activity through their Walk to Tuk application dashboard.
• Any exercise that is continuous, moderate to vigorous-intensity, aerobic physical activity (such as jogging or cross-country skiing) counts towards the challenge. Activities must be done in bouts of at least 15 minutes to be counted.
• Motivates people to get outside into the fresh air, and get moving!
• If a captain is running a team of fresh energy this year, they can get started by signing up for the challenge, then create a team by following the User Guide instruction How to Create Team and finally, invite team members through the User Guide How to Invite Team Members.
• Fills out team information, adds a team profile picture, and provides descriptions/stories for their team’s profile page.
• Team Captains can also create offline participants who would rather not create an account. Follow the User Guide instructions on How to Create Offline Participants.
• Receives the team’s start-up communication tools by email from the admin team.
• Tracks and submits their own walking time/distance online with the click of a button. Captains can also add or edit time/distance for their teammates.
• Helps the NWTRPA organize walking celebrations in their community where prizes will be awarded.
• Motivates and encourages their team to complete the challenge!
Click to see what prizes you, your team, or your team captain could win.
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NWT Recreation and Parks Association
P.O.Box 841, 4908 49th Street
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2N6
